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Across the Fediverse: Testing Tags
As I was writing my previous post on how tags with spaces (and dashes and underscores) were federating, I wanted to test this more systematically. So, this is that post. It is merely a test balloon to assess current behavior. I will be editing this post with the “Results” in the section below. But let…
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Post Edit Timestamps are federating
WordPress is able roam/federate the edit timestamp, for when a user edits a published blog post. Edited posts on the Mastodon web client show up with an asterisk (*) next to the pretty-printed time stamp. In the screenshot below, you know that the post was edited after publishing, because of the asterisk next to the…
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Setting up Activity Pub for a WP.com blog
… and early experiences for Winter Rant on the Fediverse and Mastodon. Yesterday I enabled ActivityPub for my WordPress.com blog (this blog – Winter Rant!). This means that Winter Rant is now an ActivityPub server that is discoverable as rant.vpalepu.com@rant.vpalepu.com – on ActivityPub clients, such as Ivory, Ice cubes, or any Mastodon client application. This…
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Professions Unsung
Vijay admires professionals who engage in high-impact, often under-acknowledged work, characterized by sacrifices and dedication beyond a typical workday. They express their respect by using a line from Tennyson’s “Ulysses” to prompt Midjourney to visualize these workers: a passionate journalist, persevering scuba diver, diligent archaeologist, and resilient geologist.
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Midjourney on “between a rock and a hard place”
Vijay explored how an AI, Midjourney (MJ), interprets the phrase “stuck between a rock and a hard place.” He experimented with adding “Watercolors,” swapping “stuck” for “trapped,” and removing “stuck.” Regardless of the modifications, MJ consistently depicted open landscapes with rock formations, perhaps suggesting that it interprets the landscape as the “hard place.”
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I broke Midjourney with “a roadmap”
I thought about exploring “roadmaps” as a concept with Midjourney. It did not quite go as planned. I think I broke it!
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Midjourney 2023/10/14: Animals Wearing Robes in Ancient Rome
prompt template I used: “a/an [animal] wearing ancient robes, in Ancient Rome.”
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